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.OTTO BRUEO-K, OF NEW YORIL. N'. Y.

Letters Patent No. 108,681, .dated October 25, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FANS;

"Ehe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern: A

Be it known that I, O'rfro Bannon, of the city, county, -and State of New York, have invented a new vand useful Improvement in Fans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, vand exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying-drawing forming part of this specidcation, in which drawing- Figure I represents a front view of this invention when the handle is drawn out.

Figure 2 is av transverse vertical section of the same.

Figure 3 is a side view of the handle on a larger scale than the previous figure.

Figure 4 is a detached planof the guide-loop, lwhich" or pushed in at pleasnre, and that the-same, when drawn out, can retainl itsl position, and at the same time the full strength of the handle is preserved.

In the drawing- Y The letter A, designates the extreme leaf or side of va circular fan.' l

On this leaf I secure a loop, a, which is punched ont of sheet metal, and formed with spurs b, which can he readily passed through slots in the leaf and turned over ou the inside thereof, so as to retain said loop firmly in position `without requiring rivet-s or other means for fastening the saine.

This loop straddles the handle B, which is provided at one end with a head, c,- while its opposite end is enlarged, so that-the same-is free to slide in the loop within certain limits, being prevented from being drawn through the loop by the head at one land the enlarged part at the opposite end.

A similar handle is attached to either of the leaves of a fan, and if th'e'fau is opened, these handles are drawn ont, as shown-in gs..1 and 2; but if the fan is closed, the handles are pushed in, thereby reducing the space occupied by the fan, and allowing itv to he conveniently carried in the pocket or packed in the smallest possible compass.

When the handle is drawn yout it is kept steady by the loop, and the fancan he operated with ease and convenience, and at the sanne time the full strength of 'the handle is preserved.

- What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- As anew article of manufacture, a folding-fan, provided with sliding handles B, secured to the cheeks A by means of loops a, which have spurs b, the whole constructed and operating substantially in `the manner herein shown and described.

This specification signed by me this 14th day of September, 1870.

OTTO BRUEOK.

Witnesses z W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

